Friday, November 15, 2013

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2013, departmentalized

This month's Bloom Day post is the Department Edition. You'll see what I mean as we move through the blooms that November has to offer here at Longview Ranch.

Agastache 'Acapulco Orange' falls squarely in the "I-Can't-Believe-It's-Still-Blooming" Department. Yes, it may not be quite the spectacle it was in midsummer, but I even spotted a hummingbird stopping for a drink just a couple of days ago.

Also in this department is Rudbeckia triloba, a fading member of the hot bed that still has a little of that sunny, star quality to offer this month.

A place of honor in the "Ever-Blooming" Department of the Mulch Man's Northwest Territory is accorded Sidalcea oregana, Oregon Checker Mallow.

And Erigeron glaucas continues to show its appreciation for the cooler, wetter days of autumn. I see it satisfying random pollinators, too.

Back in the MulchMaid's garden area, another stalwart of the summer garden is still earning its place in the "Ever-Blooming" Department. Abutilon 'Tangerine' simply will not give up.

In the "I-Didn't-Know-They-Looked-Like-That" Department we find the cute little flowers of Seneceo mandraliscae (Blue Chalk Sticks). I love the long, blue stems with white twiddly explosions at their ends.

So funny how tetrap was in so many Nov BD posts. I've mail-ordered and have already planted R. triloba -- love this plant! Hoping I'll be posting photos of it next Nov. too. Abutilon gets the worst scale here, just encrusted. Yours is splendid.

Enjoyed the Agastache, and I need to use that one more and down here, since despite rumors, they do well. And still a few hummingbirds, oh yeah! The Abutilon is nice, including the fullness yours has. (not much blooming here now, even without any frost so far)

Yes, you've got some great late bloomers there. Don't you just love when plants hold on despite the rain and ick? I love your Sidalcea oregana. I have a spring-blooming one and I think I need to have one like yours too. More is better, always.